Telephone bills can be reduced by 30 percent or more without any reduction in service by practicing equipment, billing, and internal cost control.

A facilities audit first helps establish priorities--which buildings have the greatest need based on the severity of their physical and functional problems. Second, it helps to forecast capital improvement funding needs for the next several years. (Author/MLF)

Increased accountability is required in school accounting due to rising education costs and the significant investment made in property and equipment in educational facilities. Guidelines for planning and implementing a property record-keeping system are provided. (Author/MLF)

Instructions are given for creating a staff development content profile out of the expressed in-service needs of individual staff members. Articles in this journal issue report on presentations made at the First Curriculum Conference of the Association of California School Administrators (ACSA) in 1978. (SJL)

The article presents a conceptual model to be utilized in conducting the necessary needs assessment activities to implement a successful gifted program at the school district or state agency level. (Author/DLS)

Offers ten tips intended to help administrators make decisions and resolve conflicts. (Author/JM)

Educators should take vigorous action to respond to public concerns about adequacy of schools. (Author)

The first of a two-part article about the procedures necessary for school administrators to participate effectively in school district negotiations. (Author/MLF)

Outlines techniques to determine expenditures by type of service and maintenance area. (MLF)

Describes the tremendous management and maintenance pressure the energy shortage causes and offers some recommendations. (Author/MLF)

Investigates the issues and procedures of assessment in English and considers what advice the Association of Departments of English can usefully offer to departments and chairs engaged with the problem of developing assessment initiatives, especially initiatives focused on the documentation of student learning. Discusses comments from the field in…

Offers a small business person's guide to nichemanship and ideas about ending a speech, selection of a committee, and managers' behavior. (BB)

Suggestions for developing a creative and synergistic organization include the following: believe that people want to do their effective best in their work; communicate with people face-to-face; share virtually all information regularly and freely; use humor to create an upbeat work atmosphere; and always establish a timeline when asking someone…

Applies observations and advice by management guru Peter F. Drucker to the role of school system leaders. Topics include the customer as king, the continually changing definition of success, effective time management, the ethical dimension of decision making, and performance-based leadership (MLF)